ArmInfo.Amenian Government on August 17 approved the order for carculating additional income arising in the companies of power system from the sale of electricity produced at the expense of water produced in Lake Sevan in 2017, exceeding 170 million cubic meters. M., and gave permission to Ministry of Energy Infrastructure and Natural Resources to open an
off-budget account.

ArmInfo. As of 09:00 local time experts of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Armenia together with the air forces of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia are carrying out reconnaissance of the terrain over the territory of the Khosrov Reserve.

ArmInfo.Fire in Khosrov Forest state reserve caused enormous damage to its biodiversity. This was announced by the head of the association "For the sake of stable human development", ecologist Karine Danielyan on August 16 at a meeting with journalists.

ArmInfo. As of August 1, 748 buildings were dismantled from the inventory of 4,729 illegal structures on the territory of Sevan National Park, of which 95 in 2017. Work on clearing the territory of illegal structures continues, the press service of the Ministry of Nature Protection of Armenia reports.

ArmInfo. Amulsar gold-bearing quartzite deposit located 14km away from resort town of Jermuk is considered to have the largest gold reserves in Armenia. Geologists discovered the gold-bearing deposit yet in 2006. During the following ten years, they had studied the possibilities, pros and cons of starting operation activities.In 2014, the Government of Armenia granted Mining Right to Lydian Armenia CJSC. In 2015, the Project’s environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA) was approved. Despite that comprehensive,almost 6,000-page document, the company is constantly facing harsh criticism by environmental organizations who do not believe and some do not want to believe in successful implementation of Lydian’s biodiversity conservation measures.In an interview with ArmInfo, Armen Stepanyan, Lydian Armenia Sustainability Director speaks about possible environmental impacts of mine operation and mitigation measures planned.

ArmInfo."Now the Ministry of Ecology is actively engaged in the implementation of the new government program, which is aimed at solving the main, most important issues in the field of ecology, designed for 2017-2022," Deputy Ecology Minister Eric Grigoryan said at a press conference on July 17.

ArmInfo. The Iranian side is concerned about the pollution of the Araks River as a result of the work of the Agarak Copper and Molybdenum Combine. This was announced during the meeting of the First Deputy Minister of Nature Protection
of Armenia Eric Grigoryan and the Deputy Minister of Energy of Iran
Alireza Daemi on July 14 in Yerevan.

ArmInfo. "Once again, we are convinced of the insolvency of our business executives in the issues of water management," the independent expert on water resources Ph.D. Knarik Hovhannisyan said in a conversation with ArmInfo correspondent, commenting on the legislative initiative of the Armenian government to increase in 2017 the volume of water releases from Lake Sevan from 170 million cubic meters to 270 million cubic meters.

ArmInfo.A meeting was held at the Ministry of Nature Protection in Armenia within the participation of the Minister of Nature Protection completing his mission, the head of KfW programs on environmental protection Andreas Veitsel, and his successor in this post, Alvaro Berielo.

ArmInfo. The proposal of Armenian Government to
take 100 million cubic meters of water due to the lack of a natural
climate in the sediments was not observed. This opinion was expressed
at the press conference by the chairman of "Association for
Sustainable Human Development" social organization Karine Danielyan.

ArmInfo.The Armenian government plans to increase the volume of water release from Sevan to 270 million cubic meters. The issue will be discussed at an extraordinary meeting of the National Assembly on July 4 at 10.00.

ArmInfo.The reduction of water level in Lake Sevan will lead to irreversible consequences, Bardukh Gabrielyan, Director of the Institute of Hydroecology and
Ichthyology, Academy of Sciences of Armenia stated during the press
conference on June 15. "I want to refer to all the public persons-we
must not let the level of water in the lake to reach negative
balance, this will lead to increased water swamping in the lake", he
stressed.

ArmInfo.As a result of inspections of the Nature Protection Inspection of the Nature Protection Ministry of Armenia, the damage caused to the environment as a result of various illegal actions from people amounted to 6.68 million AMD

ArmInfo. A number of Czech companies with significant experience in implementing projects for the development of various spheres in the field of renewable energy held a large presentation for representatives of the Armenian business in Yerevan yesterday.

ArmInfo. Artsvik Minasyan, Armenian Nature Protection Minister thinks that it is impossible to release more water from Lake Sevan , even for energy purposes, he stated during a press conference on May 10. Earlier, Armenian Government instructed 3 ministries (Ecology, Energy Infrastructures and Natural Resources, Agriculture) to learn the possibility of increasing the water supply inlet from the Sevan from the previously adopted rate of 170 million cubic meters m to 1 billion cubic meters during coming next 3 years, for the development of hydropower and agriculture.

ArmInfo. A petition is initiated at change.org demanding the prohibition of rendering single use cellulose packets at the trade points of Armenia. The petition is addressed to RA Government. The petition particularly states: "Cellulose packets use turned into a problem for whole the planet. Cellulose packets shares 75% of all the garbage on the planet. Their dissolving period forms 10- 400 years. We use those in 20 minutes. In Armenia one can see cellulose packets as a garbage everywhere.

ArmInfo. Artsvik Minasyan, Armenian Nature Protection Minister, ARFD member, thinks his work as a Minister is more productive for Armenian than if he had lawmaker mandate, he stated during the conversation with journalists on April 24.

ArmInfo. All works on Lake Ghosh in the Tavush region of Armenia are suspended. On April 22 at the hearings on the situation around the lake, which is part of the National Park "Dilijan", said the Minister of Nature Protection Artsvik Minasyan.